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City of Groton, Connecticut municipal meeting: Budget Public Hearing & Committee of the Whole - April 18, 2022. Click the link below to view the agenda.
Budget Public Hearing agenda:
https://cityofgroton.com/download/Unpublished/Agendas/public_hearings/2022/Public-Hearing-Budget-04-18-22-Agenda.pdf
Committee of the Whole agenda:
https://cityofgroton.com/download/Unpublished/Agendas/Committee%20of%20the%20Whole/2022/Committee-of-the-Whole-Agenda-04-18-22-Special.pdf
B
So
this
is
for
the
public
hearing.
So
there's
a
notice
in
the
newspaper
with
the
budget
and
also
the
notice
of
the
city
of
grad
notice.
The
public
hearing
soon
to
article
six
section,
two
b
of
the
city
of
council
chart
city
of
groton
charter
city,
grad,
mayor
and
council,
will
hold
a
public
hearing
on
monday
april,
18
2021
at
6,
30
p.m.
The
council,
chambers
of
the
city
of
groton,
municipal
building,
295,
marina
street
ground
connecticut
for
the
electors
of
the
city
of
groton
and
all
others
qualified
to
vote
to
solicit
input
from
them.
B
Concerning
the
proposed
fy
2023
city
of
groton
budget,
dated
at
gratin
city
grand
connecticut
this
12th
day
of
april
2021
2021,
it
shouldn't
be
22,
2022.,
okay
and
the
message
that
I
gave
to
council
new
members
of
the
city
council
is
required
by
article
6,
section,
2a
of
a
charter.
I
submit
to
you
the
proposed
budget
for
fiscal
year,
2023
fy
2023,
I'm
submitting
a
budget
which
includes
an
increase
of
904
145
dollars
in
comparison
to
fy
2022.
B
B
B
So
this
is
the
portion
of
the
meeting
when
we
ask
for
public
comment.
This
is
the
solicit
public
comment
from
the
electors
of
the
city
of
groton
and
all
others
qualified
to
vote.
Concerning
the
proposed
city
of
groton
fy
2023
budget,
so
if
you
want
to
speak,
we
have
a
sign
up
sheet.
Please
sign
up
when
your
name
is
called.
Please
come
come
to
the
microphone
speak.
You
have
five
minutes
talk
about
the
budget,
that's
the
purpose
of
this
meeting.
C
Deborah
patrick
ate
mellow
avenue
here
in
groton,
I'm
here
tonight,
because
in
going
through
the
budget,
I
did
see
a
couple
of
things
that
I
had
questions
about.
The
first
one
is
that
the
the
clerk
and
administrative
clerk's
salary
has
been
restructured,
and
I
was
just
curious
about
that.
Having
done
the
job
for
so
long
and
because
it
was
done
differently,
I'm
just
curious
about
the
reason
for
the
restructuring,
and
the
second
thing
that
I
would
like
to
speak
about
is
the
economic
development.
Specialist
salary
is
slated
to
get
a
46
percent
increase.
C
C
It's
not
apples
to
apples,
and
I
can't
imagine
why
anyone
thinks
a
46
increase
is
called
for
last
year
when
a
5
increase
was
given
to
one
individual.
I
thought
that
was
a
lot.
I
understood
that
that
person
did
a
lot
of
work
and
therefore
that's
why
that
was
given,
but
46
percent
is
just
outrageous
and
I
hope
that
all
of
you
on
the
council
will
look
at
that
and
and
discuss
it
in
depth.
Thank
you.
B
B
D
D
If
we
look
at
this,
the
salaries
the
director
is
up
to
three
percent
the
standard
across
what
was
the
directive.
The
admin
assistant
is
a
5.33
increase,
which
is
due
to
step
increases
in
the
union
contract,
along
with
the
annual
increase,
the
utility
account
and
the
senior
accountant
are
both
just
the
annual
increase
of
the
2.25
percent,
and
then
the
accounting
assistant
is
also
going
through
the
step
process
within
the
bargaining
agreement.
So
that's
a
5.42
increase
for
a
total
wage
increase
of
3.37.
D
The
under
the
operating
expenses
pretty
much
a
flat,
with
the
exception
of
an
increase
of
two
thousand
dollars
in
the
contractual
services
from
seventy
five
thousand
to
seventy.
Seven
thousand.
The
contractual
services
are
made
up
of
legal,
the
audit,
the
town
of
tax
collections
and
any
special
projects
that
we
may
have.
That
would
need
a
consultant
so
other
than
that
relatively
flat,
with
the
exception
of
the
personnel
and
the
benefits
that
we've
discussed
at
the
last
meeting.
D
So,
within
the
union
contracts
there
there
are
usually
about
five
different
steps.
I
think
in
this
one
there's
five
either
five
or
six
steps
that
they
go,
so
they
start
off
at
a
step,
one
after
they're
here
for
a
year
they
step
up
to
the
next
step,
which
then
gives
it
it's
all
negotiated
within
the
contract.
So
it
gives
them
not
only
their
annual
increase
but
a
progressive
increase
over
their
first
five
to
six
years.
F
D
A
D
D
D
D
D
It's
made
up
of
the
salary,
mainly
the
purchasing
agent
salary,
but
it
goes
across
the
entire
department
because
everybody
kind
of
touches
it
to
a
certain
extent.
So
it's
based
on
a
percent
allocation
and
then
there
are
other
other
things
that
could
be
the
office
supplies
that
are
allocated
towards
purchasing
and
so
on.
D
G
D
D
D
H
Okay,
good
evening,
everybody
I'd
like
to
present
the
sanitation
budget
for
operating
budget
for
fiscal
year.
Ending
2023
sanitation
division
supports
the
collection,
transportation
and
disposal
of
the
city's
municipal
solid
waste
five
days
a
week,
recycling
which
is
four
days
a
week
and
bulky
waste
and
those
are
as
requested
and
scheduled.
H
We
will
be
continuing
with
a
level
service
agreement
across
the
budget,
so
same
services
increases
for
this
budget
year
will
be
in
contractual
labor
and
benefits
a
small
increase
to
support
the
cost
of
our
trash
containers,
which
were
affectionately
called
the
auto
containers
and
one
hundred
thousand
dollars
for
the
vehicle
replacement
fund.
Okay,
as
far
as
staffing
goes,
the
staff
is
whole.
H
We
recently
had
one
employee
transfer
over
to
parks
and
recs
replaced
him
with
a
new
employee.
His
name
is
daquan
alger
and
the
second
person
that
we
hired
was
benjamin
flight
and
he
replaced
brian
nieman.
Okay,
all
right
and
let's
see
so
over
to
the
budget,
so
I'll
speak
to
page
76,
and
if
you
like
I'll,
go
down
through
every
line
item
it
shouldn't.
Take
too
too
long
full-time
employees,
we
went
from
388.10
to
392.
H
544.,
that's
about
an
11,
734
dollar
increase
and
that's
for
salary,
so
myself,
staff
employees
again
three
percent
the
technicians.
So
the
the
union
members
over
in
public
works,
their
team
is
2.5
and
my
admin
is
2.25
percent.
Okay.
Over
time
we
considered
that
a
wash,
so
we
stayed
both
at
26.50
down
through
part-time
employees.
That's
for
my
summer
help
for
the
staff
and
that's
38
400
that
remained
unchanged.
H
Also.
Longevity
is
also
unchanged
at
2,
500.
medical
insurance
went
up
as
expected
with
the
benefits
life
insurance
as
well.
Pension
as
well
went
up
a
little
bit.
Those
are
all
on
average,
three
percent
fica
tax
as
well
opeb,
so
past
employee
benefits,
that's
the
same
sub
thousand
five.
Fifty
each
workers
compensate
compensation,
remained
unchanged
and
that's
at
seventy
thousand.
H
Okay,
we
get
down
to
operating
expenses.
So
just
a
small
increase
in
office
supplies
advertising
and
that's
basically,
just
to
post
the
summer
help
employees
a
hundred
dollars.
We
had
never
had
that
funded.
So
I
just
I
put
a
line
item
for
that:
okay,
contractual
services
remained
unchanged.
That's
nine
thousand
tipping
fees,
and
that
includes
the
bulky
waste
for
disposal
of
sanitation
and
recycling
remain
unchanged.
H
Two
hundred
seventy
five
thousand
dollars
general
materials
and
supplies
went
from
10
to
12
any
that
small
increase
is
2
000
only
because
the
cost
of
the
toters
went
up.
So
I
increased
the
2000
so
that
we
can
purchase
same
the
same
volume
of
toters
and
the
toters
we
really
have
been
selling
the
volume
has
been
going
through.
So
I
really
needed
to
maintain
the
same
amount
of
trash
buckets.
Okay,
vehicle
operations
and
supplies
remained
unchanged.
At
thirty
thousand
dollars,
diesel
fuel
dropped
from
35
500
down
to
30
000
and
the
vehicle
fund
replacement
fund.
H
B
I
E
D
D
H
F
I
H
That's
a
portion
of
the
reason
for
it
too,
so
there
is
a
little
bit
extra
in
there,
and
so
I
typically
have
been
in
the
past.
We've
pulled
as
many
as
four
employees
in
for
summer
help
depending
on
staffing.
If
I
have
somebody
out,
it
really
can
impact
me.
So
there's
a
little
bit
of
protection
in
there
built
into
that
and
so
right
now
I
can
fund
two
and
a
half
people,
maybe
three
people
off
of
that,
but
it
allows
me
a
little
bit
of
safety.
You
know
we
just
you
know.
H
H
H
Yeah
so
there's
materials
in
there
also.
So,
let's
see,
if
I
go
over
to
contractual
services
and
then,
if
you
get
down
to
general
materials
and
supplies,
that's
also
so
general
materials
and
supplies
are
the
the
consumables
right
and
then
vehicle
operation
supplies.
You
can
have
the
toters.
The
toters
actually
fall
into
the
general
supplies,
but
the
vehicle
operations
supplies
are
tires
brakes
all
of
those
consumables
that
we
that
we
maintain
the
vehicles
with
throughout
the
year.
But
the
contracts
with
contractor
services
are
things
that
we
pay
others
to
do
for
us.
F
D
So
it
goes
into
the
revenue
side
of
it.
So
if
you
look
on
page
75,
there's
the
financing
plan
and
under
recycling
we've
actually
increased
that
from
the
1500
to
65.
We
just
put
a
5
000
buffer
in
there,
not
knowing
how
many
toters
will
be
sold,
and
then
we
also
decrease
bulky
waste
because
we've
we
haven't
seen
those
revenues
coming
in
on
budget.
So
just
we
just
kind
of
flipped
the
5000
between
the
two.
F
H
So
we
have
remaining
150
000
in
the
fund
right
now.
The
extra
100
would
put
me
at
250.
The
new
vehicle
is
roughly
three,
so
I'm
looking
to
the
following
year,
coming
up
I'll,
add
another
100
that'll
be
put
us
in
a
good
spot,
ready
to
purchase
another
second
new
vehicle.
So
I
think
that
that'll
work
out
just
right.
F
F
F
F
H
B
B
F
B
And
that's
and
they
step
every
six
months,
so
typically
your
laborers
or
your
lower
guys.
That's
your
newer
entry,
guys
and
they're
stepping
every
six
months,
yeah
and
that's
where
that
comes
in
people
that
are
senior
they've,
typically
stepped
out
and
they're
at
their
max
level,
and
that
typically
goes
with
what
the
the
annual
increases
are.
That's.
B
F
So
I
I
think-
and
I
don't
think
I
brought
this
up
last
year,
but
I
think
it
would
be
helpful
for
residents
to
somehow
do
a
summary
page
for,
for
example,
I've
had
people.
Ask
me
how
much
department
heads
make
it
takes
me
a
long
time
to
add
that
up,
because
it's
in
three
different
budgets,
but
I
think
that
residents
have
a
right
to
know
how
much
the
department
heads
actually
making
not
just
as
running
highway
or
as
running
the
sanitation
department.
F
H
F
F
And
we
are
very
responsible
and
I
think
that's
a
reasonable
amount
to
pay
a
public
works
director,
but
I
I
think
I
I
would
like
to
see
those
departments
that
we
spread
the
salary
out
which
again
budget
wise
it
makes
complete
sense.
I
understand
why
we
do
that,
but
I
think
it
makes
it
very
unclear
to
people
who
aren't
used
to
looking
at
budgets
when
we
do
that
when
we
split
salaries
across
departments.
F
H
And
that
salary
range
should
just
about
right,
so
I
started
110.
I
had
a
full
year
of
probation
without
an
increase.
I
just
completed
that
and
I
received
two
and
a
half
and
then,
by
the
end
of
this
contract,
I'll
have
another
increase,
which
is
proposed
to
be
three
percent.
That
puts
me
right
about
your
number.
F
G
H
So
typically,
yes,
thank
you,
so
typically
I'll
try
to
get
by
with
two
two
persons
for
the
x
amount
of
weeks
for
the
summer,
and
they
would
be
on
the
sanitation
trucks
as
laborers
and
depending
on
the
workload
and
what
we
have
going.
In
addition,
you
know
for
public
works,
some
sidewalks.
We
have
a
lot
of
work
going
on
this
year.
I
may
pull
a
third
person
in,
and
that
gives
me
that
that
that
layer
of
allowing
me
to
provide
the
same
level
of
services
across
so
that's
correct,.
G
B
H
Included
in
this
function
is
the
cost
for
maintenance
supplies,
personnel
costs,
contracts
and
services
necessary
for
cleaning,
maintaining
city-owned
properties
and
I'll
jump
over
to
page
81
and
I'll
go
down
just
like
I
did
on
the
last
time.
It
only
take
a
moment
so
full-time
employees
and
again
I'm
definitely
there
there's
a
portion
of
my
salary.
There
is
20
of
my
salary
and,
in
addition,
is
50
of
one
full-time,
employee
labor.
So
if
you
look
at
the
rates
so
last
year
we
had
35
600
and
this
year
is
52
449.
H
So
it's
that's
really
the
the
lion's
share
of
the
increase
on
this
budget
right
here
and
that's
for
that
one
piece.
So
last
year
we
overspent-
and
I
can
better
explain
that
so
at
the
end
of
the
year
I
tally
up
all
of
the
hours
performed
by
our
staff
and
I
break
it
down
by
the
amount
of
hours
that
they
do
asphalt,
repairs,
sidewalk,
repairs,
storm
water
and
then,
in
addition,
there's
a
code
or
a
bucket
for
facilities.
So
in
those
facilities
are
pavement,
repairs
out
for
the
parking
lot
here.
Sidewalk
repairs.
You
notice.
H
We
did
a
bunch
of
that
last
year:
snow
plowing,
those
types
of
services,
so
I
I
run
the
the
metric
on
it
and
it
comes
up
to
nearly
a
half
a
person
out
of
my
out
of
my
public
works
group.
So
I
have
a
half
a
body
of
one
of
my
laborers
that
same
rate
to
pay
for
all
of
these
services
that
we
perform
to
to
take
care
of
the
facility.
H
H
Past
employees
benefits
1830s,
remain
consistent
workers,
compensation,
went
up
from
11,
5
to
12,
12075
and
then
down
up
to
operating
expenses.
Utilities
and
fuel
remain
the
same
at
one
thousand
dollars
across
and
that's
truly
utilities
more.
So
it's
cable
tv
for
storm
watching
and
things
like
that
and
that's
what
that's
used
for
contractual
services
remain
the
same
as
65
000.
H
Air
handling
filters
materials
that
should
take
care
of
that.
The
full-time
employees
analysis.
I
think
you
can
see
there.
20
percent
of
my
salary
and
there's
your
half
a
labor.
We
went
from
.25
a
quarter
of
a
labor
to
a
half
a
person
this
year,
just
to
pay
for
all
the
services
that
we
perform
on
the
facility,
okay
and
that
right
below
that
are
your
values.
H
H
H
Sidewalk
repair
asphalt,
repairs
whatever
and
then
one
of
those
blind
items
is
facilities,
work
and
that's
where
that
comes
out
to
so
it
was
roughly
so
2018
cut
in
half
is
1040
hours,
so
I
needed
to
borrow
or
to
use
one
of
my
public
works
persons.
You
know
that
many
hours
1040.
equates
to
a
half
a
person.
F
H
F
D
It's
just
kind
of
going
back,
so
what
we
did
was
in
years
past.
We
would
charge
the
different
departments
for
the
highway
services
that
were
performed
like
bill
was
talking
about
and
it
goes
to
this
outside
services
code.
So
what
we
decided,
probably
four
or
five
years
ago,
was
a
lot
of
there's
times
where
we,
this
isn't
any
one
specific
laborer
per
se.
It
could
be
the
entire
crew
one
day
out
front
doing
the
sidewalks,
so
it's
all
of
their
time
doing
those
projects
that
are
specific
here,
so
you
and
so
in
2021.
D
They
didn't
do
as
much
work
around
the
building,
whereas
in
2022
I
believe
that
is
when
you
did
a
bunch
of
the
sidewalk
sidewalk
work
out
front.
So
they
just
had
more
time
here.
So
the
thought
process
of
moving
it
up
was
that
they
plan
on
doing
additional
work
at
the
facility
and
that's
why
it
got
bumped
up
to
from
a
quarter
to
a
half
was
just
to
kind
of
cover
that
to
make
sure
we
had
money
budgeted
to
do
those
projects
for
this
building,
specifically
using
the
highway
sanitation,
laborers
or
crew.
F
H
But
in
addition,
there's
other
works
that
I
need
to
get
done,
that
we've
kind
of
fallen
behind
on,
but
I'd
like
to
get
some
parking
lot
work,
some
fencing
other
things
that
you're
going
to
be
doing
as
well
handicapped
crossing,
there's
many
many
things
and
again
also
you
also
have
the
snow
plowing.
You
know.
That's
also
supportive
that
falls
into
that
that
flavor
value.
H
F
Under
contractual
services,
I
understand
putting
money
to
make
sure
that
we
have
enough
for
contractual
services,
because
those
things
like
hvac
can
like
an
hvac
project,
can
all
of
a
sudden
cost
you
a
lot
of
money.
Is
there
an
anticipation
that
we
will
actually
spend
that
money,
because
last
year
and
the
year
before
are
more
than
twenty
thousand
dollars
under
budget,
and
it
just
seems
like
why?
Are
we
allocating
that
much
money
to
that
line?
If,
year
after
year,
we
don't
use
it.
H
H
You
know
tuning
in
loops,
so
all
the
dvc,
the
controls,
everything
that
goes
right
along
with
that,
so
after
I
get
through
this
year,
everything
should
be
in
place
to
have
all
of
those
contractual
services
aligned
and
and
having
us
in
a
reliable
state
for
the
facility.
So
we
prevent
having
catastrophic
failures
which
truly
cost
you
four
or
five
times
as
much
as
staying
with
the
preventative.
H
C
H
B
H
Services
so,
for
example,
fire
alarms,
sprinklers
backflow,
prevent
testers
test
asbestos
abatement,
pest
control,
boiler,
certs
and
repairs.
Hvac
they've
mentioned
two
external
cleanings.
We
have
custodial
staff
in
here,
but
post
code.
I
think
we
learned
a
lot
where
we
really
need
to
bring
in
others
to
really
maintain
a
sterile
environment.
So
there
are
things
that
we
can't
self-perform
and
I
bring
in
others
to
do
a
real,
deep
cleaning
of
the
facility
so
trying
to
get
everything
like
that
alignment.
So
that's
truly
why
I
left
that.
C
D
H
B
B
C
I
G
B
J
Good
evening,
everyone-
and
then
thank
you
so
we'll
start
with
the
recreation
side
of
the
parks,
recreation
budget,
as
some
of
you
are
aware,
my
budget's
broken
down
into
two
parts-
recreation
and
then
maintenance.
The
recreation
budget
is
up.
Sorry
is
almost
seven
percent.
A
lot
of
this
is
driven
by
our
programs.
Summer
summer
playground
comes
out
of
the
recreation
in
the
beach
which
is
salary
based,
not
you
know
the
dollars
minimum
wage.
Last
year
when
we
started
the
season
was
12
dollars
an
hour.
J
J
J
Some
of
the
other
areas
in
the
that
whole
hiring
process
is
our
contractual
services
under
the
playground
and
under
the
beach
staff,
and
that's
because
we
all
our
staff
is
all
our
new
staff
go,
get
physical
drug
tests
and
then
background
checks
and
all
of
our
everybody
returning
gets
a
background
check
and
every
other
year
returning
staff
gets
drug
tested.
So
all
that
is
encompassed
into
that
budget.
In
regards
to
on
the
recreation
side,
it
also
encompasses
all
the
concerts
in
the
park,
our
bus
trips.
We
do.
J
We
are
off
a
little
bit
in
the
last
two
years
with
bus
trips
because
from
contractual
services
because
buses,
first
in
2020,
they
weren't
doing
any
bus
trips
and
then,
when
we
did
start
bringing
them
back,
there
were
band-aids.
For
you
could
limit
the
number.
You
could
only
take
half
the
capacity
they
had
to
wear
masks,
so
we
didn't
do
as
many,
but
our
goal
is
optimistically.
Hopefully
we
can
reinstitute
that
this
year,
so
yeah.
So
that's
where
the
larger
increase
of
the
recreation
side
of
the
budget
is
this
year.
G
J
E
D
That
is
just
the
where
the
increase
falls.
We
projected
the
revenues
from
the
trip
collections
to
be
the
same
same
with
the
beach
receipts,
recreation
receipts
and
the
zaburski
house.
So
those
all
stayed
the
same
as
far
as
the
estimated
revenue
sources.
So
then,
the
remaining
piece
of
it
comes
out
of
the
general
fund.
J
Or
get
recommendations
for
so
on
page
86,
under
programs
and
events,
that's
where
we
we
have
monies
for
new
programming.
Any
new
events
like
we
had
a
soccer
program
this
year,
so
that
we
had.
We
had
a
line
item
for
new
new
programs.
We
were
able
to
pull
that
out
of
there
to
have
the
kids
have
a
soccer
program
at
the
elementary
school.
J
J
J
It
down
to
64
000
and
it
was
115,
I
believe,
last
year.
Yes,
so
that's
where
the
a
large
dip
of
that
comes
from
this
is
the
area
of
the
budget,
where
all
the
maintenance
of
all
our
facilities
comes
out
of,
and
I
do
run
into
the
same
thing
as
the
highway
department.
I
have
two
gentlemen
on
my
crew
right
now,
they're
on
their
steps.
I
have
one
that's
in
step
two
of
six
and
I
have
another
one
that
says
step
four
or
six.
J
F
J
J
J
I
F
J
No,
our
maintenance
mechanic
position
has
that
title
because
that's
what
it's
given
in
the
contract,
the
union
contract,
but
it
doesn't
actually
require
them
to
be
a
mechanic
okay.
But
we
are
working
on
those
job
descriptions
to
try
to
get
that
rectified
so
that
our
positions
actually
do
the
jobs
they're
saying
they're
doing
our
maintenance
mechanic
was
the
gentleman
that
had
retired
after
34
years
of
service
to
the
city
last
november,
and
that's
where
he
had
gotten
to
in
the
process
of
being
here
and
when
we
went
to
replace
them.
J
F
J
Sorry
I
mean
we
so
like
we
have
a
a
stag
mower,
where
we
take
it
back
to
where
we
purchased
it.
We
have
this
fan
machine
that
we
got
from
each
of
our
burn
sun
down
at
the
beach.
They
they
actually
come
in
every
winter
and
do
a
free,
free
checkup
on
that
and
if
they
need
to
haul
it
out
of
here
to
get
maintenance
on
it,
they
do
it
for
us.
F
J
F
D
F
G
D
F
F
There
was,
I
think
it
might
have
been
hr
where
the
number
was
carried
over
from
the
year
before
or
something
like
that,
where
the
estimate
was
incorrect,
I
think,
or
so
there
was
a
number
that
was
incorrect,
so
I
think
I
mean
if
we
were
to
get
an
updated
page
just
to
replace
in
our
books
for
things
like
that.
That
would
be
helpful.
D
Right,
I
believe
that
what
you're
talking
about
was
the
actual
and
the
wage
line
it
was
project.
The
estimate
was
projected
way
over
the
budget
amount,
and
that
was
something
that
linda
was
going
to
look
back
at
and
then
I
believe
we
had
a
similar
issue
with
ftes
as
far
as
in
the
fire,
with
with
budgeted
amounts
in
the
previous
year,
potentially
being
under
budget,
which
created
a
larger
increase
than
what
was
told.
So
it's
I
don't
think,
we've
had
anything.